A compact, large-range interferometer for precision measurement and inertial sensing

Sam Cooper, Anna Green, Chris Collins, David Hoyland, Clive Speake, Andreas Freise, Conor Mow-Lowry

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Abstract

We present a compact, fibre-coupled interferometer with high sensitivity and a large working range. We propose to use this interferometer as a readout mechanism for future inertial sensors, removing a major limiting noise source, and in precision positioning systems. The interferometers peak sensitivity is 2 x 10-14 m/√Hz at 70 Hz and 8 x 10-11 m/√Hz at 10 mHz. If deployed on a GS-13 geophone, the resulting inertial sensing output will be dominated by suspension thermal noise from 50 mHz to 2 Hz.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-6
JournalClassical and Quantum Gravity
Volume35
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Mar 2018

Keywords

  • astro-ph.IM
  • physics.ins-det
  • optical interferometry
  • homodyne detection
  • optomechanics

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